Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-06-10
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED,

nam county to Botetourt county to
supply the farmers of that county
with bread.
Two more Americans have been
driven to suicide by losses in the
gambling dens of Monte Carlo
They blew their money in and their
brains out.
The day after Dan Lamont sent
out that story about catching 2OO
trout in one day he received beau
tilnlly engraved card inscribed,
ssTen the truth"
The Buffalo Express declares that
MIR. Cleveland smokes cigars that
cost twenty cents apiece. Three
for five we're rich enough for the
blood of the lamented Jackson.
The time is close at hand when
we shall know who is who and what
is what, who are for MS and who are
against us, and whether we have a
party or merely a bundle of quid-
dities.
What the Texas Democrats fear
most is that the Prohibition cam
paigu may be only a cover for the
secession of the Protective element
in party and its union with the Re-
publicans.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is doubt
less right when it intimates that the
Democrat who can lead his party
TO victory in Ohio this fall will be
no mean rival of Cleveland for the
presidential nomination.
The Kentucky platform is a very
simple one and could have been ex-
pressed in half dozen lines, viz,
a tariff so adjusted as to deprive
the Government of enough reve-
nue. to make the whisky tax a ne
cessity.
The President is reported to have
said that he would notappointto the
Supreme Bench any man who is a
candidate. This would seem to
exclude every prominent Democrat
ic lawyer in the country, and make
it necessary to select Republican
for Justice Woods successor.
The attempt to identify William
O'Brien with the cause advocated
by henry George and Father Nc
Glynn has resulted in highly graf
filing failure. The cause which Mr..
O'Brien represents is to procure the
land for the people who till it. How
It shall be divided is a question
which must follow after.
The Bellefonte PENN Ne'cs
tells a rather fshy story about a
man who came to that town lately
and ate, for the first time in his
life, q slice of sponge cake. lie
liked it, and being assured that it
was wholesome, went and bought a
lot of sponges and took them home
for his wife to make sponge cake
of.
Henry VI. Kepler of MiddletOwn,
Nd, found a turtle on his farm the
other day, and on the shell of the
turtle was cut, &C. s., 17Gl." Mr..
Kepler looked over some old pa
pers, finding that in 1856 the farm
was decided to Casper ShOaf, is
confident that the letters and date
were cut on the she'll 1919 years
ago.
4 Gainesville, Fla, jury found
an indictment against citizen for
carrying concealed weapons. One
Of the jury said: 1--WE have found
bill against that man ; now let us
search the Grand Jury for conceal
ed weapons IL was found that
the foreman and five other jurors
had pistols in their pockets. The
indictment was torn mp and thrown
away.
The extra session Of the Legisla-
ture will cost the taxpayers up
wards Of 100000, and yet failed to
accomplish the objects for which it
was called. The people will grin
and bear il this time, but we reck-
ON they will express themselves
vegy emphatically at the next cleo
ton when called upon to aid in
perpetuating Bourbon rule in Vir-
ginia.
4 Kansas man sent Mayor Hew-
lit, Of New York, word that he had
lost q mule and a pony, for the re.
turn Of which he was willing to pay
a reward of s15. lie failed, how
ever. 70 state the exact hour they
left the place and the ground they
could cover IN a given time hence,
the Mayor is unable to guage the
hour of their arrival at the metro
polls.
a few days ago a gentleman OF
Washington bought an old trunk
at an auction sale for twenty five
cents. 1t was filed with rubbish,
and the buyer sent iJ home intend
ing 10 have it cleaned out. This
was done a few days ago, and the
trunk was found to contain q solid
silver shield, which appears to have
been on the coffin Of George Wash
ington. The plate from the casket
has been missing ever since the at
tempt to steal the remains in 1891.